In the months following Gov. Rick Perry’s failed run for president, his campaign committee spent nearly $1.3 million of left over cash on expenses ranging from travel and parking to financial and political consulting, according to a report from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Perry, who dropped out of the race last January, continued to use $1,291,755 from his committee Rick Perry.Org Inc., according to reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission. His largest expenditures were: $290,551 for travel, $369,535 for financial and legal consulting and $145,250 for payroll.

Last May, four months after the state’s longest serving governor stopped campaigning for president, his committee paid $7,799 to Southern Way Catering in South Carolina. Federal election laws allow candidates to spend committee funds on non-campaign related expenses up to six months after their campaign.

Perry also spent $7,400 on parking expenses after his campaign, with $6,400 of that being spent in Austin, where he lives. He used $719 for a stay at the Hilton Miami in Florida in March.

Candidates can keep the committees’ bank account for future campaigns or give the money to charity or a political action committee, said Judith Ingram, spokesperson for the FEC.

Perry’s committee ended 2012 with $394,512 after raising $19 million during the campaign. He could sit on the cash for a run in 2016; a rumor Perry has said he’ll address in June or July. Or he could donate to charity and/or give to other Republicans. Former bureau veteran Gary Scharrer has reported that the governor only gave half a percent of his $2.68 million in earnings to religious organizations or churches from 2000-2009.

The majority of Perry’s post-campaign expenditures, 84 percent, were made in the month following the end of his campaign. Six percent was spent in the following month and 10 percent over the next four months.

Request for comment has been made to a spokesman for the governor and this post will be updated as soon as it’s received.

Eight other Republican candidates drained their funds on similar expenses. Herman Cain spent the most of the candidates with nearly $5 million and former Texas Congressman Ron Paul spent the least with less than $800,000.